JOURNAL ARTICLE

Wreathed in Worry, Pining for Protection: Latino Forestry Workers and Historical Traumas in Maine.

  • Published In: Journal of American History, 2023, v. 110, n. 1. P. 828 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Flores, Lori A 3 of 3

Abstract

The article focuses on the drownings of 14 Guatemalan and Honduran H-2 visa guest workers on September 12, 2002, in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in northern Maine. The author discusses the increase in Latino forestry workers at the time of the accident and examines how capitalist and corporate forces work to erase memory.

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of American History. 2023/03, Vol. 110, Issue 1, p828
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Forestry
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0021-8723
  • DOI:10.1093/jahist/jaad003
  • Accession Number:163075311

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